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What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

Outside pull requests to rizinorg/cutter got a first human reply in a median of 22.5 hours (10 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 23% got none within 14 days. It ranks 921 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 526 of 1,525 (the top 35%).

Key facts
Rank921 of 3,219
Score55.98
TierB
Median first reply22.5 hours
14-day no-reply share23%
First-timer rank526 of 1,525
EcosystemC and C++
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
921 of 3,219
Score
55.98
Tier
B
Coverage
89% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 50.7 (coverage 91%), friction 40.5 (coverage 88%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness61.275%
Criticality40.9100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor67.170%
Accessibility68.5100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.23.1%53.81320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/rizinorg__cutter.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.41.7%52.112—primaryraw/author_history/rizinorg__cutter.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.22.5 hours (0.9 days)77.31010 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/rizinorg__cutter.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.453.7 hours (18.9 days)42.6610 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/rizinorg__cutter.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Not applicable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Not applicable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.40940.9——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/rizinorg__cutter.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.083—primaryraw/commits_365d/rizinorg__cutter.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/rizinorg__cutter.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/rizinorg__cutter.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/rizinorg__cutter.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.87.587.5——primaryraw/scorecard/rizinorg__cutter.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.47.958348.027—primaryraw/actions_runs/rizinorg__cutter.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.45.5%90.911—primaryraw/author_history/rizinorg__cutter.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.550.0——primaryraw/gfi/rizinorg__cutter.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.40.0%80.05—primaryraw/author_history/rizinorg__cutter.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced921 of 3,21955.98BRated
First-timer526 of 1,52560.37BRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted776 of 3,69658.35BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
90aae04344fda7ea93872e7d314a9eb578386802a6803ce097673b0a9dcaf7f7

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/c9.json, under the key rizinorg/cutter.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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